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The Erg Chigaga luxury desert camp tour from Agadir to Marrakech is the perfect way if you want to go to Marrakech from Agadir and in the same time have a perfect stay in the best luxury desert camp in Erg Chigaga dunes. The longer your tour duration is, the greater your luxury travel experience will be.

You can choose if you want to spend the 1st night in the half way between Agadir and the Erg Chigaga luxury desert camp or go directly. If you are interested in landscapes all along the way, the best thing to do to to have a break night. When you will arrive to the sahara desert, you will be welcomed with mint tea following the Berber traditions. You will spend your nights in the most exclusive luxury desert camp in Erg Chigaga dunes. Your tent is a combining between the most refined materials and the Berber traditioanl touch. You will have toilets and hot water shower inside your tent. During your stay, you can choose to do all the activities you want or just relax and enjoy the tranquility of the huge sahara desert.

When you will leave the Chigaga luxury desert camp, you can choose to go directly to Marrakech or have a break night in order to reduce the driving time.

What's Included?

Private Transportation aboard a comfortable and air conditioned 4x4 vehicle

Pick up from your Hotel/Riad in Agadir (or from the airport)

Drop off at your Hotel/Riad in Marrakech (or at the airport)

English speaking Berber driver

Fuel for entire Erg Chigaga luxury desert package

All nights luxury accommodations

Camel trekking in Erg Chigaga dunes

Sandboarding in Erg Chigaga dunes

Berber music at night around the fire under stars in the Chigaga luxury desert camp

Interesting Places On Your Itinerary

Tizi n'Tichka is a mountain pass in Morocco, linking the south-east of Marrakesh to the city of Ouarzazate through the High Atlas mountains. It lies between the great Marrakech Plains and the gateway of the Sahara Desert. From November - March, snow can often fall on the pass, but it can be warm all year round in the strong sun. It reaches an elevation of 2,260 m above the sea level and is the highest major mountain pass of North Africa. The road was constructed by the French military in 1936, and is now part of National Route 9 in Morocco.

Telouet is a Kasbah along the former route of the caravans from the Sahara over the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech. It lies at an elevation of 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) and was the seat of the El Glaoui family's power. The palace can still be visited but it is steadily becoming more damaged and is slowly collapsing. In 2010, work was underway to restore the property.

Thami El Glaoui or El Haj T'hami el Mezouari el Glaoui (1879 - 23 January 1956), better known in English-speaking countries as T'hami El Glaoui or Lord of the Atlas, was the Pasha of Marrakech from 1912 to 1956. His family name was El Mezouari, from a title given an ancestor by Sultan Moulay Ismail in 1700, while El Glaoui refers to his chieftainship of the Berber Glaoua (Glawa) tribe of Southern Morocco, based at the Kasbah of Telouet in the High Atlas and at Marrakech. He became head of the Glaoua upon the death of his elder brother, Si el Madani, and as an ally of the French in Morocco conspired with them in the overthrow of Sultan Mohammed V.

Ait Benhaddou Kasbah is a fortified city, or ksar, along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco. Most citizens living in the area now live in more modern dwellings in a nearby village, although there are 4 families still living in the ancient city. This giant fortification, which is made up of six Kasbahs and nearly fifty ksars which are individual Kasbahs, is a great example of earthen clay architecture. Which is also use in Moroccan architecture.

Aït Benhaddou has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 and several films have been shot there, including:

Ouarzazate nicknamed The door of the desert, is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in Drâa-Tafilalet region of south-central Morocco. Ouarzazate is at an elevation of 1,160 metres (3,810 ft) in the middle of a bare plateau south of the High Atlas Mountains. To the south of the town is the desert.

The town is chiefly inhabited by Berber-speakers, who constructed many of the prominent kasbahs and buildings for which the area is known. Ouarzazate is an important holiday destination in Morocco, as a base for excursions across the Draa Valley and into the desert. The fortified village (ksar) of Ait Benhaddou west of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Atlas Studios is one of the largest movie studios in the world, in terms of land area. Several historical movies were shot here, including The Living Daylights, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, The Man Who Would Be King, Kingdom of Heaven and Babel. It was also the location of an episode of the television series The Amazing Race 10 and Game of thrones: Season 3.

The Draa also spelled Dra or Drâa, in older sources mostly Darha or Dara), is Morocco's longest river, 1,100 kilometres (680 mi). It is formed by the confluence of the Dadès River and Imini River. It flows from the High Atlas mountains south-(east)ward to Tagounit and from Tagounit mostly westwards to the Atlantic Ocean somewhat north of Tan-Tan. Most of the year the part of the Draa after Tagounit falls dry.

Zagora is a town in the valley of the Draa River in Souss-Massa-Drâa, southeastern Morocco. It is flanked by the mountain Zagora from which the town got its name. Originally it was called 'Tazagourt' the singular of plural 'Tizigirt', Berber for 'twinpeaks', referring to the fortress of the Murabitun, or Almoravid, people. In old European maps the mountain Zagora is already indicated but the town itself was only built in the 20th century. On the top of the Zagora mountain the remains of an Almoravid fortress can still be seen. The exact location of the former Almoravid mosque is still a matter of dispute. Each year the moussem (festival) of the Sufi saint moulay Abdelkader Jilali is celebrated at Zagora. Languages spoken in the city include Moroccan Arabic, Tachelhit and Tamazight. A well known sign at the town border states 'Tombouctou 52 days', the supposed time it takes to get to Timbuktu, Mali on foot or camel.

Tamegroute (Tamgrout) is a village in the south of Morocco, in the valley of the Draa River. It has a history as an important center of learning and religion through its famous Sufi zawiya, historical center of the Nasiriyya Sufi order, one of the most influential - and at one time one of the largest - Sufi orders in the Islamic world. Tamegroute's green pottery is also very well known.

The founders of the religious brotherhood Nasiriyya wanted to raise the status of the village of Tamegroute to that of a 'Medina', that is to say to make it a city. They assembled the merchants and craftsmen that they had brought from Fes, a city that enjoyed good relations with Tamegroute at the time. However, today Tamegroute is a little village again, but the pottery has become its main characteristic. Except for a few ochre shades, a green glaze is the dominant colour in pottery from Tamegroute. As with Fes Zelliges, and even more so, the ancient techniques give the glaze infinite variations.

Oum Lâalag is an oasis located 50 kilometers southwest of M'Hamid El Ghizlane in Morocco at the old trade route to Timbuktu.

The oasis is approximately 15 hectares in size and is presumed holy by the nomads. According to local beliefs, a fairy lives at its source. A bivouac camp site is available in the oasis, which offers ecologically sustainable tourism. The high dunes of Erg Chegaga can be reached by camel or 4x4 off-road vehicles.

The oasis is part of the 123,000-hectare Iriqui National Park, which was set up in 1994. In its vicinity live houbara bustards, ostriches, Barbary sheep, dorcas gazelles, oryxes and hyenas.

Erg Chegaga (or Chigaga) is one of two major dunes of the Sahara in Morocco, the other being the Erg Chebbi of Merzouga.

This dune is located in the Souss-Massa-Draa area and is located about 60 km west of the rural town of M'Hamid El Ghizlane, itself located about 98 km south of the town of Zagora. With a length of approximately 40 km to 15 km wide, some dunes around a height of 360 m (170 m more than Erg Chebbi), it is the largest and wildest of Morocco.

Because it is relatively difficult to access – it is only accessible by 4x4, camel or on foot – Erg Chigaga remains as untouched as Erg Chebbi, which can make for a memorable desert experience.

Iriqui National Park was set up in 1994 as a national park in Morocco with 123,000 hectares.

Iriqui National Park occupies the space between the Draa River and the South foothills of the Anti-Atlas, in the provinces of Zagora and Tata.

The park is characterized by typical desert landscape of southern Morocco. The vegetation is represented by a wooded steppe and savanna with acacias. Some of its dunes are covered by tamarix

During wet periods, Lake Iriqui becomes a temporary wetland and a port of call and wintering site for many migratory water birds, including flamingos, coots and geese), which gives the park an important ecological character. The rehabilitation of the wetland was one of the main objectives, when the park was created

The rich landscape and cultural heritage of the region gives the park an important ecotourism potential that will be a lever for local economic development. Its establishment is part of a strategy to boost tourism in southern Morocco, which might become ultimately an important lever for the promotion and development of the Saharan areas

Taznakht is a town in Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet region, southern Morocco, on the road from Ouarzazate to Agadir. It had an estimated population of 9,149 in 2013, growing from just 3,813 in 1994. It should not be confused with Tazenakht, which is a village near Errachidia, also in southern Morocco, but more than 400 km further northeast.

Taliouine is a (Berber) town in Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 5,844. The language in Taliouine is (Berber) dialect Tashelhit.

Taliouine is famous with a spice called Saffron and it is one of the main exporters of this flower worldwide. The town celebrates Anmugar Amadal N Zafran, Le Festival International de Safran every year in Winter (usually November), the season in when Saffron springs.

Taroudant is a Moroccan city located in the Sous Valley in the southern part of the country. It is situated east of Agadir on the road to Ouarzazate and the Sahara desert and south of Marrakesh. It is called the 'Grandmother of Marrakesh' because it looks like a smaller Marrakesh with its surrounding ramparts. In the sixteenth century the Saadians briefly used Taroudant as a capital, before they moved onwards to Marrakesh. Today it has the feel of a small fortified market town on a caravan route.

Travel Experiences & Activities

Camel Trekking In Erg Chigaga Dunes

Camel Trekking In Erg Chigaga Dunes

Sandbording In Erg Chigaga Dunes

Sandbording In Erg Chigaga Dunes

Sleeping in Erg Chigaga luxury desert camp

Sleeping in Erg Chigaga luxury desert camp

Cup of tea or lunch with Berber family

Cup of tea or lunch with Berber family

Sunset/Sunrise in Erg Chigaga dunes

Sunset/Sunrise in Erg Chigaga dunes

Stargazing under the sky of Erg Chigaga dunes

Stargazing under the sky of Erg Chigaga dunes

Tour Code

MDT3-16

Duration

3 to 9 Days

Level

Luxury

Starts From

Agadir

Ends At

Marrakech

Physical Demands

1/5

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